India, May 31 -- Massive force deployment aims to ensure safe pilgrimage across Kashmir

In one of the largest security deployments ever for the annual Amarnath Yatra, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved the deployment of 670 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) for the 57-day pilgrimage scheduled from July 3 to August 28 this year. Officials described the deployment as unprecedented, reflecting both the growing scale of the pilgrimage and heightened security concerns following recent terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, including the deadly Pahalgam attack earlier last year.

The annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas will commence simultaneously from the traditional Nunwan-Paha...